From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: Rommel the iCeMAn <icecrew@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Change Default Database
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:58:40 +0000
Message-ID: <45E311C0.5090909@archonet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <008401c759c6$81bef2c0$b364a8c0@theport.com>
References: <008401c759c6$81bef2c0$b364a8c0@theport.com>
Rommel the iCeMAn wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I wrote a database creation script that begins with commands to drop the
> existing database (if it exists) and create it from scratch. These commands
> execute fine, the problem is that all subsequent commands are executed on
> the default database 'postgres'. What command can I use to set the default
> database to my newly created database (for the duration of the script)? SQL
> Server has a 'USE [dbname]' command, is there an equivalent command in
> PostgreSQL?
See "man psql" (or the client applications section of the manuals) for
details on the backslash commands. \c will be what you're after.
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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